“The Cry of the Heart,” is a new film by evangelist Christopher West and the Cor Project addressing JPII's Theology of the Body. Based on the General Audiences given by the pope during the course his pontificate, West explains the meaning of our corporeality, why we...
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Five Feminine Virtues I Learned From the Joyful Mysteries
How many women ache in longing - in one way or another - for the men in their lives (fathers, husbands, boyfriends, sons) to man up? We see the problem, we get exasperated by it, we suffer for it... the struggles of so many men to be grown up, to behave chivalrously,...
Five Feminine Virtues I Learned From The Joyful Mysteries | Part 3: The Nativity
Relations between the sexes: Have they ever been worse? It's enough to tempt one to despair. Thankfully, the Church is a bulwark of sanity in every human realm, not least of all in matters of sex and sexuality, on the deepest, primordial realities of Male and Female....
Restoring Sexual Order: Catholic Men’s Movements
Our regular readers have probably noticed... a few of us here at Catholic-Link take a particular interest in the restoration of sexual order and sanity in society. Catholic men's movements are one important thread of a complex tapestry of healing and restoration...
3 Good Reasons Catholics Should be Feminists
If you’ve heard that being a feminist is anti-Catholic, think again. In today’s world, being a Catholic can be controversial. Especially when it comes to women’s rights. Feminism has a history of advocating for things that the Catholic Church contends with, whether it...
Behold the Man! – Masculinity Series Part 5
Men, Manhood & Masculinity Over the next five articles, we will embark on a brief exploration of the complex and often overlooked topic of being male. The articles will be reflective and open to discussion, so please share your thoughts and experiences in the...
Does True Womanhood Mean Being Exactly Like Men?
Womanhood is hard to define, even more so in a culture that suggests that there is no inherent difference between being male and female. What does womanhood mean? Is it less or more than manhood? Is there a distinct difference? Ascension Presents recently published a...
11 Rules For When You Are Absolutely Sick Of Today’s Dating Scene
Although I barely listen to any pop music, even I couldn’t fail to notice this single that has spent seven weeks in the UK charts and made it to number one two weeks in a row here in Britain this summer. Dua Lipa’s track “New Rules” is undoubtedly catchy, but it’s the...
“You Shall Not Pass!” – Ode To The Manly Priest And The Priestly Man
I have a pastor who is "in his natural habitat" at the altar and at the pulpit. His ars celebrandi (manner of saying the Mass) is so careful and reverent. He has a beautiful and clear voice for speaking and singing various parts of the Liturgy. His homilies are often...
Five Feminine Virtues I Learned From The Joyful Mysteries Of The Rosary: The Visitation
The 5-part series is the fruit of personal meditation, reading, and prayer. It is not an authoritative or comprehensive exposition, nor is it a theological treatment of the virtues as the Church names and categorizes them. Rather, it's meant to be an informal...
Beholden To Other Men: Masculinity Series Part 4
Over the next five articles, we will embark on a brief exploration of the complex and often overlooked topic of being male. The articles will be reflective and open to discussion, so please share your thoughts and experiences in the comments section below. Be mindful...
5 Feminine Virtues I Learned From Mary In The Joyful Mysteries Of The Rosary (Part 1: The Annunciation)
These days, I find myself praying often for a restoration of the masculine and feminine virtues in society. There's so much confusion swirling about, whether it's "gender ideology," sexual orientation, body dysmorphia, or otherwise. We all feel the tensions...
Champion Of The Feminine, Martyr Of Auschwitz: 18 Beautiful Quotes From St. Teresa Benedicta Of The Cross
St. Teresa Benedicta. Do you know her? You ought to. Edith Stein was born in 1891 in Germany, the youngest of 11 children. She was raised Jewish but fell away from the faith and all belief in God as a teen. Highly gifted, Stein grew up to obtain her doctorate in...
What It Looks Like When Feminine Beauty Speaks Truth To Power
A wise, sane, holy man –G.K. Chesterton- once said that “the modern world is full of the old Christian virtues gone mad. The virtues have gone mad because they have been isolated from each other and are wandering alone. Thus some scientists care for truth, and their...
When A Child’s Question Brought Super Bowl QB Tom Brady (Nearly) To Tears
I am obviously not a father, and not a son. I have a father, and I have a Father, but - as a woman - I will never fully grasp the beautiful mystery that is the relationship between fathers and sons. On that matter, this little moment simply speaks for itself....
Becoming More Manly: Masculinity Series
Men, Manhood & Masculinity Over the next five articles, we will embark on a brief exploration of the complex and often overlooked topic of being male. The articles will be reflective and open to discussion, so please share your thoughts and experiences in the...
A Journey From Wild Youth To Anchored Catholic Manhood
The following is a companion piece to Part 3 of our Masculinity Series, "Becoming More Manly." The glory of God is man fully alive. - St Iranaeus Jason Momoa’s short film Canvas of my Life is an extraordinarily powerful and beautiful depiction of manhood, despite its...
Being a Man: Masculinity Series Part 2
Over the next five articles, we will embark on a brief exploration of the complex and often overlooked topic of being male. The articles will be reflective and open to discussion, so please share your thoughts and experiences in the comments section below. Be mindful...
“Be a Man!”: Has Society Broken True Masculinity?
Over the next five articles, we will embark on a brief exploration of the complex and often overlooked topic of being male. The articles will be reflective and open to discussion, so please share your thoughts and experiences in the comments section below. Be mindful...
Restoring Sanity By Recovering Femininity And Masculinity
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.” (1 John 4:1) Outrage-fatigue. That’s how I feel about the cacophony of institutionalized Feminist resentment that...
What is Gender Ideology and how can Catholics Respond?
The issue of Gender Ideology is everywhere these days, so pervasive that we might forget there was a time – not so long ago, in fact – when “gender” was not on the tip of everyone’s tongue. Alas, those days are behind us, and now it seems everywhere we turn, someone...
A Message Of Love From A Woman To All Women: You Are Loveable
I love this music video by the musician Colby Caillat. She communicates a poignant message, made all the more powerful by the stark unmasking of the women of various ages and shapes as they remove their make-up and their aesthetic “enhancements.” So many of us notice...
A Hero in the Unlikeliest of Habitats: One Man Saving the World Through Love
He’s just a simple guy... a schoolteacher. A humble, bespectacled man in a humble profession in a humble city somewhere in middle America. On the other hand, you might call him broken. A broken man, with a broken kid and broken dreams of fatherhood... In a broken...